It was an amazing day at Ponds Forge in Sheffield as 100 of the country’s finest swimmers took to the water in an attempt to set a world Record for the 100 x 100m freestyle relay in order to raise money for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. The podcast was there to tell the story as it happened.
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Make hay while the sun shines goes the old adage, and that is exactly what the British team of 46 swimmers at the Flanders cup in Antwerp did, pocketing a huge medal haul and filling finals spots like it had gone out of fashion.
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Cancer is something that touches many people’s lives and changes them dramatically. Often it inspires people to raise money for charities that deal in research or care for sufferers either in memory of lost loved ones or so that others too can benefit from the latest treatments. Often this might involve running a marathon or completing an open water swim or similar, but for GB swimmer Lewis Coleman that simply wasn’t enough – he wants to set a world record.
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The 2012 Paralympics were a showcase for Britain’s swimmers who maintained their incredible run of success in home water, and brought about a new level of awareness of elite disabled swimming in the public at large. A fledgling charity set up in the aftermath of 2012 is looking to give disabled children a leg up as they start their swimming journey
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